Does a quick formatting let me reinstall a fresh window 10?

Vizer Thirty Three

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There's something wrong with my window 10 after recent update and i want to reinstall my window 10 on my SSD but the problem is that if i do a fully formatting it will cost a big problem to my ssd lifespan and i don't want that to happen.

I decided to do a quick formatting on my SSD, will that allow me to install a fresh new window 10 ? I have no idea how a quick format works compare to a full format. After having that window 10 update i have been having problem while gaming like starting up a game and played for a few mins, the screen just went black and then back to desktop with an error massage " Display driver stopped responding and has recovered ".

Another problem is that whenever I startup my PC it will shutdown itself within 6 - 8 secs. (when the blue window icon appeared.)
 
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First off, a long format is going to have such a negligible effect on the SSD life it's really a moot point. That having been said, a quick format is fine for a fresh OS install. You'd really only need to do a long format if you're selling or giving away the computer and you want to be sure no data could ever be recovered from the drive. The only real difference is that long format will zero fill all the sectors.

JaredDM

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First off, a long format is going to have such a negligible effect on the SSD life it's really a moot point. That having been said, a quick format is fine for a fresh OS install. You'd really only need to do a long format if you're selling or giving away the computer and you want to be sure no data could ever be recovered from the drive. The only real difference is that long format will zero fill all the sectors.
 
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mad-max79

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Technically you do not need to format the drive at all. Formating means deleting data from a partition. Quickest way for reinstall is deleting the partition itself. windows setup will create a new partition itself. done.